Today is the first of four days off from work. The doctor phoned me last night with the biopsy results from last week’s surgery. The biopsy showed something called “complex hyperplasia with atypia,” which has a 25-50% percent change of becoming cancerous. 25-50% percent is considered high The recommended treatment is a full hysterectomy. Sometimes the hysterectomy will reveal actual cancer, in which case there might be some additional treatments, such as chemo. Well, I’m glad that I took the abnormal bleeding seriously and soldiered through all those unpleasant tests.

Anyway, it’s time for me to start adjusting and preparing. Preparing means finding the best treatment options, getting things in order at work, getting things in order at home, and planning for a recovery period. I want to have the minimally invasive hysterectomy because the hospital time and the recovery time are way shorter than with a traditional hysterectomy. There are no surgeons where I live who do this type of surgery, but there probably are in the nearest city. My mom has an excellent surgeon who did this procedure for her, so going to Arizona for the surgery would be an option…but would that be emotionally too difficult? Speaking of emotional stuff, I am terrified of staying overnight in a hospital. I guess that coming to terms with that should be part of my preparation. Anyway, here’s my Friday to do list:

No dates yet, although I imagine the surgery will happen in January. My doc phoned me after hours, and all the doctor offices will be closed until Tuesday because of the holiday. I expect I’ll meet with the surgeon next week or maybe the week after.

That’s pretty quick! Mine’s looking like February, so perhaps we can be surgery buddies! 😉 The thought of staying in hospital doesn’t really bother me much, I’m more worried about the scar and looking after when I go home. Between us, we’ll cope! ((((hugs))))